Norfolk Chamber Music Festival–Yale Summer School of Music

Concerts | Emerging Artist Series

Free Event

Join us for stellar concerts by the extraordinary Norfolk Fellows. Each week they bring their talent and enthusiasm to the Music Shed. Whether you are a chamber music aficionado or novice, or whether you prefer new works or the standards, there is something for everyone. Quite simply, the Norfolk Fellows will knock your socks off!

Repertoire is chosen weekly. Program details will be posted as they become available.

Sponsored in part by the Battell Arts Foundation.

You can also hear the Fellows perform on many of the Festival Artist Series concerts on Friday and Saturday nights. 

2024 Concerts

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Friday, June 28 | 7:30 p.m. | New Music Concert

Program to be announced.

In honor of the 150th anniversary of Charles Ives' birth, this year's world premieres by the Norfolk Fellow composers will feature works written using existing song texts by Charles Ives and performed by an outstanding ensemble of Norfolk Fellow instrumentalists.

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Charles Ives  (1874–1954)
"The Alcotts" from Piano Sonata No. 2, "Concord Sonata"
Lisa Moore  piano

Ives
Tom Sails Away
Sydney Pexton  soprano,  J.J. Penna  piano

Beatrice Ferreira  (b. 1994)
A Certain Kind Of Waiting

Ella Kaale  (b. 2003)
nothing sounds right

Matthew Osterholzer  (b. 2002)
Over There

Sehyeok Park  (b. 2003)
PSALM 73

Danial Sheibani  (b. 2003)
Old Red Shawl

Misha Swersey  (b. 2002)
Tom Sails Away

Norfolk Contemporary Ensemble 
Lisa Moore conductor,  piano
Sydney Pexton  soprano
Adeline DeBella  flute
Darius Farhoumand  bassoon
Lyndon Ji  piano
Emmett Edwards  guitar
Jeremy Klein  viola

 

Thursday, July 4 | No performance scheduled

Saturday, July 6 | 10:30 a.m.

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Mother Goose Suite 

    i. Sleeping Beauty's Pavane: Slow
    ii. Little Tom Thumb: Very moderate
    iii. Laideronnette, Empress of the Pagodas: A march
    iv. Conversations of Beauty and the Beast: A moderate waltz
    v. The Fairy Garden: Slow and solemn

Isabelle Jamois  flute — Alec Chai  oboe
Roi Karni  clarinet — Tucker Van Gundy  bassoon — Gretchen Berendt  horn  
 

Alexander Arutiunian (1920-2012)
Armenian Scenes 

    i. Morning Song
    ii. Drinking Song
    iii. Song of Grief
    iv. Wedding Procession

Eric Evans  trumpet — Jacob Rose  trumpet — Amber Wang  horn
Jude Morris  trombone — Connor Higley  tuba

 

Claude-Paul Taffanel (1844-1908)
Wind Quintet in g minor 

    i. Allegro con moto
    ii. Andante
    iii. Vivace

Danielle Kim  flute — Annie Winkelman  oboe
Nicole Martin  clarinet — Darius Farhoumand  bassoon — William Sands  horn  

 

Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992)
arr. Jeff Scott
Libertango 

Isabelle Jamois  flute — Alec Chai  oboe
Roi Karni  clarinet — Tucker Van Gundy  bassoon — Gretchen Berendt  horn

 

Thursday, July 11 | 7:30 p.m.

Alfred Schnittke  (1934 – 1998)
Trio for Strings

i. Moderato
ii. Adagio

Ashley Yoon  violin — Lindan Burns  viola — Emily Mantone  cello


Jenni Brandon  (b. 1977)
Five Frogs for Woodwind Quintet

i. Leaping
ii. On the Lily Pad
iii. Swimming
iv. Bullfrog
v. Catching Bugs
vi. Epilogue

Danielle Kim  flute — Annie Winkelman  oboe — Nicole Martin  clarinet
Tucker Van Gundy  bassoon — William Sands  horn

Saturday, July 13 | 10:30 a.m.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  (1756 – 1791)
Quartet for Strings in B-flat Major, K. 589

i. Allegro
ii. Larghetto
iii. Menuetto: Moderato
iv. Allegro assai

Nathaniel Strothkamp  violin  —  Nicole Yun  violin
Hsiang-Hsin Ching  viola  —  Miles Goosby  cello


Samuel Barber  (1910 – 1981)
Summer Music for Woodwind Quintet, Op. 31

Isabelle Jamois  flute  —  Alec Chai  oboe — Roi Karni  clarinet
Tucker Van Gundy  bassoon — Gretchen Berendt  horn



Dmitri Shostakovich  (1906 - 1975)
Trio No. 2 in e minor for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Op. 67

i. Andante
ii. Allegro con brio
iii. Largo
iv. Allegretto

Blues Zhang  violin  —  Davis You  cello  —  Chi-Jo Lee  piano

Thursday, July 18 | 7:30 p.m.

Claude Debussy  (1862 – 1918)
String Quartet in g minor, Op. 10
26 MINUTES

i. Animé et très décidé
ii. Assez vif et bien rythmé
iii. Andantino, doucement expressif
iv. Très modéré

Calvin Alexander violin — Darwin Chang violin
Sofia Gilchenok viola — Mia Kim Bernard cello


Franz Schubert  (1797 – 1828)
Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 99, D. 898
37 MINUTES

i. Allegro moderato
ii. Andante un poco mosso
iii. Scherzo: Allegro
iv. Rondo: Allegro vivace

Miranda Werner violin — Ji Sun Jung cello — Robert Levinger piano

Saturday, July 20 | 10:30 a.m.

Franz Josef Haydn (1732 – 1809)
String Quartet in d minor, Op. 76, No. 2, Hob. III:76
20 MINUTES

i. Allegro
ii. Andante o più tosto allegretto
iii. Menuetto: Allegro ma non troppo
iv. Finale: Vivace assai

Darwin Chang violin — Nate Strothkamp violin
Lindan Burns viola — Davis You cello


Clint Needham (b. 1981)
Brass Quintet No. 1, "Circus"
10 MINUTES

i. Entry
ii. Clowns
iii. The Ringleader
iv. The Contortionist
v. Finale

Eric Evans trumpet — Jacob Rose trumpet — Amber Wang horn
Jude Morris trombone — Connor Higley tuba


Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937)
ARR. Mason Jones (1919 – 2009)
Le Tombeau de Couperin
(The Tomb of Couperin)
14 MINUTES

i. Prelude
ii. Fugue
iii. Minuet
iv. Rigaudon

Danielle Kim flute — Annie Winkelman oboe — Nicole Martin clarinet
Darius Farhoumand bassoon — William Sands horn


Paul Hindemith (1895 – 1963)
Kleine Kammermusik, Op. 24, No. 2
(A Little Chamber Music)
12 MINUTES

i. Lustig: Mäßig schnell Viertel (Merry: Moderately fast quarter notes)
ii. Walzer: Durchweg sehr leise (Waltz: Consistently very soft)
iii. Ruhig und einfach (Calm and simple)
iv. Schnelle Viertel (Fast quarter notes)
v. Sehr lebhaft (Very lively)

Isabelle Jamois flute — Alec Chai oboe — Roi Karni clarinet
Tucker Van Gundy bassoon — Gretchen Berendt horn


Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 – 1975)
String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 73
33 MINUTES

i. Allegretto
ii. Moderato con moto
iii. Allegro non troppo
iv. Adagio
v. Moderato

Nicole Yun violin — Ashley Yoon violin
Natalie Clarke viola — Emily Mantone cello

Thursday, July 25 | 7:30 p.m.

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943)
Trio élégiaque No. 2 in d minor, Op. 9
50 MINUTES

i. Moderato — Allegro vivace
ii. Quasi variazione: Andante
iii. Allegro risoluto — Moderato

Nate Strothkamp violin — Emily Mantone cello — Elisabeth Tsai piano

Saturday, July 27 | 10:30 a.m.

Sir Malcolm Arnold (1921 – 2006)
Brass Quintet No. 1, Op. 73
14 MINUTES

i. Allegro vivace
ii. Chaconne
iii. Con brio

Eric Evans trumpet — Jacob Rose trumpet — Amber Wang horn
Jude Morris trombone — Connor Higley tuba


Francis Poulenc (1899 – 1963)
Sextet for Piano and Winds, FP 100
20 MINUTES

i. Allegro vivace
ii. Divertissement: Andantino
iii. Finale: Prestissimo

Isabelle Jamois flute — Alec Chai oboe — Roi Karni clarinet
Tucker Van Gundy bassoon — Gretchen Berendt horn — Robert Levinger piano

Thursday, August 1 | 7:30 p.m.

Program to be announced

Saturday, August 3 | 10:30 a.m.

Program to be announced

Thursday, August 8 | 7:30 p.m.

Program to be announced

Saturday, August 10 | 10:30 a.m.

Program to be announced